2023学年河北省唐山市乐亭一中高三第二次诊断性检测英语试卷（含解析）.doc

2023学年高考英语模拟测试卷 请考生注意： 1．请用2B铅笔将选择题答案涂填在答题纸相应位置上，请用0．5毫米及以上黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将主观题的答案写在答题纸相应的答题区内。写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。 2．答题前，认真阅读答题纸上的《注意事项》，按规定答题。 第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．In Beijing, more than 21,100 people ________ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999. A．have applied B．had applied C．would have applied D．applied 2．—What was it that caused the party to be put off? —________ the invitations. A．Because Tom delayed sending B．Tom delayed to send C．That Tom delayed sending D．Tom delayed sending 3．What he liked to do was to take an idea and ______ it by finding every possible consequence. A．squeeze B．wrestle C．switch D．shrink 4．Every school into the competition will have a chance to win $2,000 ______ of computing equipment. A．price B．worth C．value D．cost 5．________ left the door unlocked must be held responsible for the accident. A．Whomever B．Whoever C．Whatever D．Whenever 6．I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ______ in my arrangement. A．contract B．contrast C．connection D．conflict 7．Russia's cutting off the gas supply raised a major concern to the European Union, a number of member states are increasingly dependent on one single supplier. A．whose B．that C．where D．which 8．It shocked the world the United States withdrew from some major agreements it had been committed to, including the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation and the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal. A．which B．what C．whether D．that 9．I decided to do a random act of kindness last year. And ______ that the person I would end up helping most would be myself. A．I little knew B．little did I knew C．little did I know D．little I knew 10．Around this point ______, which is humorous and full of a strong local flavor. A．the story develops B．does the story develop C．develops the story D．the story developed 11．—This is the first time I ________ my picture with my own hands. —It is time that you ________ a picture for me. A．have taken; took B．took; should take C．took; will take D．will take; have taken 12．Who ______ the fight against the H1N1 flu ______ it not been for the Chinese scientists’ great efforts? A．could have won; had B．would win; had C．would have won; has D．could win; has 13．She runs on average about 15 miles a day every day, ______ the circumstances. A．whatever B．wherever C．whichever D．however 14．—What do you think of Betty? — Lovely，though she ______ be naughty sometimes． A．should B．must C．can D．need 15．The suggestion came from the chairman ______ the new rule ______. A．what; was developed B．that; was developed C．what; be developed D．that; be developed 16．My sister ______ the baby while I’m at yoga. A．arranges B．minds C．assesses 17．Though he lacks experience, the arrangements are all _______ for the meeting next Thursday ahead of time. A．in particular B．in place C．in preparation D．in time 18．Breaking up is the business of the two lovers, ________ no other person should be involved. A．which B．in that C．that D．in which 19．I was an only child, and ________ I had no experience of large families. A．so B．but C．or D．while 20．The world’s leading thinkers and policymakers examine what’s come apart in the past year, and what will define the year ahead, A．evaluate B．innovate C．anticipate D．regulate 第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 21．（6分） The human beings seem to be facing a crisis （危机）． After our best Go players were defeated one by one by the artificial intelligence （AI） AlphaGo， we lost our pride of being at the top of the intelligence chain． And in October， when Saudi Arabia gave citizenship to a robot named Sophia， another privilege of being human was taken away． It looks like everything that separates humans and AI is at risk fight now． But we keep hoping that instead of "everything"， there's still something left in us that makes us irreplaceable． To Hao Jingfang， winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette， that "something" is our consciousness． "AlphaGo is intelligent in a certain way， but not intelligent enough to ask the important questions -- Do I like playing Go？ Do I want to play Go today？ Why do I have to play Go when you tell me to？" she once said． In other words， computer programs don't have a choice to say "no"． They probably don't even know what a "choice" is -- all they ever do is calculate． And to He Huaihong， a philosophy （哲学） professor at Peking University， imagination and creativity are also what make us special． "A machine couldn't have come up with the theory of gravity just because it was hit by a falling apple"， he said． "It's human imagination that connects what seem to be completely random and irrelevant concepts， something that a machine--which works by fixed rules only--can't do， at least for now．" This is why BBC reporter Viktor Mayer-Schonberger suggested that instead of focusing on how computers ha